Cuff-button



W. G. FRANKLIN.

CUFF BUTTON.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 1, 1920.

1,359,684. Patented Nov. 23, 1920.

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WALLACE G. FRANKLIN, E NORTH .l'sTTI LEBORO, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO E. I.

FRANKLIN 85 00., OF NORTH AT LEBOBO, MASSACHUSETTS, A COPARTNERSHIP GONSISTING GE WALLACE 6i. FRANKLIN, CLARENCE .VJ. FISHER, AND ELTON l3. FISHER.

CUFF-BUTTON.

1,359,684. Specification of Letters Patent. Patented N 23, 1520,

Application filed June 7, 1920.

'io all whom it may concern Be it known that I, l VALLAon G. Fmnn- Lin, a citizen of the United States, residing at North Attleboro, in the county of Bristol, and State of: idassachusetts, have invented certain new and. useful improvements in Cllll-BUttOllS, oi which the following is a specification.

My invention. is a semi-still cuff button o; 1.0 the so-called spool type, made a or a still stem or shank upon either end 0: ich are mounted hollow heads, each of which is capable of a limited universal tilting movement with relation to the stern.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional eleva' tion of a spool curl button, embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is an elevation, partly in section of a spool cuff button, as in F l, but showing the heads in extreme tilted position;

F 3 shows the old styles )ool cuii button, applied to a cuff Fig. l shows my improved spool out but ton applied to a cuff.

Cuff. buttons made up of a stiff stein or shank upon either end of which are fixed. heads and also in which the heads were detachably connected to the stem by ball and. socket joint, are old and well known. lit is the object of my invention to combine in one cuff fastener the advantage of cheapness and siiinplicity of construction and of flexibility inherent in both constructions.

To this end employ a stem or a -k a. 0i stiff construe o the opposite ds oil? which carry a The heads are made up of a face plate P, and an inner plate, which are spaced apart and their re ations fixed, so far as this sp ce is concerned. The plate 3), is centrally perforated, the aperture being somewhat larger than the diameter oi the shank, and, in the assembly, this perfo ated plate is placed upon the shank and the flange B is then formed or secured upon the end of the shank and the plate, p, is then secured to the plate P in the proper spaced Zll Serial No. 386,945.

end of the tube to produce the flange B and in which the plate is formed with a con conical truncated projection 9, which the shank passes.

The depth of this projection is the determinative factor in providing the proper space to receive the flange B, so that the de re l.

' sired capacity iortilting movement may be had. it will be seen that the mechanical constructionemployed is of extreme simplicity and sire g t-h and therefore relatively cheap to make and to assemble, onlythree dili erent parts being employed, namely inner and outer head plates and the flanged tubular stem or shank.

I claim:

In a cull. button, the combination of a shank expanded at both ends to form dan es; a hollow head made up of an outer face plate and an inner plate having a truncated recess formed centrally, to embrace and receive within the hollow head the flanged end of the shank and loosely connect the heads and the shank, the plates of the heads being suitably spaced. to permit the heads to assume a predetermined niaxiinuni angle of inclination with respect to the shank.

Signed at North Attleboro, Massachusetts, this 28th day of May, 1920.

M. T. CARoLAN, H. M. DUMICAN.

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